Should Hate Speech be illegal in the United States?

I know what most of you are saying. The 1st Amendment protects free speech!
"You have a right to hate speech, even though I disagree with you."
But as we have seen time and time again, hate speech festers and eventually turns into hateful actions (such as mass kills of specific persons their hate is... show more I know what most of you are saying. The 1st Amendment protects free speech!

"You have a right to hate speech, even though I disagree with you."

But as we have seen time and time again, hate speech festers and eventually turns into hateful actions (such as mass kills of specific persons their hate is directed towards)

Drinking alcohol leads to drunk driving and people get killed by drunk drivers so we should ban alcohol, right? Same principle applies. Just because a few people can't handle themselves doesn't mean we need to punish everyone. Besides that, who gets to decide what is "hate speech"? If a given word is considered "hate speech", is it that way for everyone or can N'egroes still say "*****r" while Caucasians can't?